NEW YORK—The low-tech musical "Once" based on the love story of a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician and vacuum cleaner repairman in Dublin got a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.

Musical based on ‘War and Peace’ leads Tony nodsNEW YORK — “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” a sung-through musical that dramatizes a 70-page melodrama at the center of Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” earned a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, which also saw nods for ...05/1/2018 - 1:00 pm | View Link

Coronation Street leads British Soap Awards nominationsCoronation Street' leads the nods at The British Soap Awards with 16 nominations, with Connor McIntyre up for ... and the Outstanding Achievement Award and the Tony Warren Award will be announced on the night. The British Soap Awards hosted by Phillip ...04/30/2018 - 11:06 pm | View Link

'Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812' Leads The 71st Tony Awards NominationsThe nominations are in for the forthcoming 71st Tony Awards and it seems 'War and Peace' musical 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' is leading the ranks ... James Earl Jones will take home the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the ...05/3/2017 - 1:00 am | View Link

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Who Leads This Year's Tony Nominees? | GRAMMY.comWho Leads This Year's Tony Nominees?. Read more about this and other GRAMMYs news at GRAMMY ... Nominations for the 72nd Annual Tony Awards were announced on May 1, ...05/18/2018 - 6:38 pm | View Website

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